Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 February 1895

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAIL'S?". NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. Lin. AIONDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1895. No. 39
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      589 1 li^.iinsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. I THE mail steamers may m b® expected to arrive I* 'outwards, and leave Penang I homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. W'in<7es 2nd Mar. 1 <utlej 21st Feb e 16th Kaisar-I-Hiud 7th Mar 30th Rokilla 21st The aoove dates are only approximate arrivals
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      1407 1 Sfitn'ing (notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, (LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hong k.n g shanghai Banking Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». Paid-up Capital sio,qoo,ooo 1 Reserve Fund ?4,500,000 a 1 r Reserve Liability op Proprietors
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      522 1 NEDERLANDSUiE HANDEL KAATSCHAPPIJ. (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds 2,086,155.60| Hkad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandschu Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroeau, and Tjilatjap. London
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    92 2 Penang, 18 th February, 1895. Tm (Trang 970 buyers. Black Pepper West Coast... 8.50 sellers. Acheen s’l» Boz. 9.20 do While Pepper L». buyers Cloves (picked* 26.—sellers. Mace No. 1 »6. do Mace Pickings 70. do. Nutmegs 94 do. «No. I 7.2" do. Sugar 2... 3./0 <|o
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 2 Penang, IBrn February, 1895. Rates ci.osk as follows: Lmdoii, Demand Bank 1 II Do. 4 months’ sight Batik 1 ll| Do., 3 Cretltl 11H Do.* 3 Dortnnenliiiy 1 IIJ Calcutta, Dciiiand Hank It— lb.» Do. HO tlaya’sight Private 187 Bombay, Demand Bank 183 Do. 30 days’sight Private 187 Madras,
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    111 2 Mails close To-morrow. A’-o t'er sir. Time. Klang Deli ...II A.M. Klang ami Malacca Pegn ...11 A.M. Deli Langkat 1 F.M. pHiigkoriuidT. An.-u X... terse 1 p.M. Etlic, 'l'. Sc:n;iwr, Segli ami Olehleh It K. Atjeh 2 f.m. Edie, Telok Serna we and Segli ir > »/«t 3
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    42 2 From Negapatam: —By the B. I. s. s. Caniorbi to-morrow. From Bombay: —By the s. a. Azamor toTuesday. From Rangoon :—By the B I. s. s. Palamcotta on \V«-dn«-sday. From Singapore: —By 'he s. s. Hongleong on Ft iday.
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    SHIPPING.
    297 2 It ritnix. To-dat. s. s. Perse from T Anson. B. I. s. Pdii-mn front Rangoon. P. «4 0 s Java from Sinoapote. s. b'uhuiin do. Yestkhdat. a. s ir<««/ti from Segli s. s. Isiugkat from D> li a. s. I ady H’e/zf front I' Weld. a. s. Mary Austin
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    70 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per B. I s. s. I'alitana frmn Kangoon, Mr. A. Berringtoii. Ykstpkha v. Per P. A O. S. a. Harenua from Ixnidon. Mr. G. Stothard nn<l Mr. F. A. <lc Mortiay; from Bomltay, Mr. W H Mirk-; f««.in ColotnlMi, Mr. F W. Douglas, Mr. P. O’Flaherty
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    78 2 Taken al Prison lln-pilnl Ob-c i itlot i 17tii February. 1895. 9 i.m. 3 r.M. 9p m. Bar. red. 32 Fob 29 931 814 8 7 ’l’em pr t.,! n 7’ l n 7» Wet Bulb 'l’lict tiioim-ici 73, 77 8 77. Max. Temp, in sluule 91 4
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    127 2 Mon niv, 18t n Town Banti, Esplanade, 5 PM P C. Tennis Tournament, E-plansde. High waler at New Jetty, 637 a m. and 7- F.M. Tuesday. 19th Ncttapafam mail due. 41 I. s. s ('amorta. P. C. Tenuis Touriininviit, Esplanade High waler at New Jetty,
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    173 2 -< LONDON, 17th Febkvakt. 189.5. The War. Admiral Ting and the commander of the Linkungtao forts have committed suicide. The surrender of Wei-hai-wei is complete. The Chinese soldiers and sailors, and all foreigners have been liberate<l, except an American named Howie. The Chinese attacked Haicheng on the 16th,
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    20 2 BIRYH. Tisbury At Waverly House, on the Isth instant, the wife of William H. Tisbury, of a son.
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    LOCAL.
    410 2 The steamer His igno arriv«>d thia morning with 115 Chinese passengers from Binga|>ore. There were a number of small gambling vases l»ef<»re the Ist Magistrate this morning. The Pangtima Muda, a n>mam*e of 1 Malaya, bv R<»uns«-v«-llv Wildman, has just l»een publish«*d in San Franciaco. The B. I. steamer
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    THE MALAY RAILWAYS AND WORKS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LTD.
    298 2 We learn from a pamphlet published by Messrs. Powell A Co. of Singapore that in 1891 the Colonial Office granted permission to Mr. Charles Dunlop to construct a railway from Prye Dock to the eastern boundary of Province Wellesley, so that Penan
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    THE SINGAPORE RESIGNATIONS.
    159 2 The London and China Express says: Writing from Penang, under date Dec. 21 last. Mr. Archd. Kennedy, editor of the Pinang Gazette, forwards us a leading article from that journal, and comments from the two Singapore newspapers upon it. He states It appears to me that you
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    ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.
    515 2 The annual general meeting of the Straits branch of the R,»yal Asiatic Society was held on the 14th at the Raffles Library, i Th«- Bishop presided over what was a fairly large meeting. The Seer tary (Mr. R J. Wilkinson) read the folk •wing re|H»rt The I’onncil
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    24 2 FFhoM <U K .'on It FsfOS |G X is On going to press at 3.3(1 p. the usual telegrams have i)( arrived.
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    PROPOSED COFFEE COMPANY.
    346 2 Mr. W. W. Bailei has had for soup v» ar an area of 2,000 acres of excellent land in the neighbourhood of station, which is about 4| miles by rail fr,,> Kuala Lumpur. He has been paying rent regularly upon that land for a manlier ,f years,
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    329 2 (From our contemporaries:) Steps are being taken to en-ct a new sanitary and well built Tanjong Rhu ’on the scene of the recent disastrous fire. At the inquest bold over the two Klings who were suffocated on going down into the hold of the st»*am«-r Corm irtheushire a
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    THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, S.S.
    267 2 The Times of Ceylon says that Mr. J A Sw’ettenham will leave Ceylon for the Stra> about the eml of March, to assume his ut» i appointment. While congratulating Swettenham upon his promotion our o ’■> I temjiorary says The increase of salary is not very
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      418 2 pritchard Co. have just received a large supply of RACING SILKS in all colors WHITE RACING CASHMERE for breeches. WHITE RACING STOCKINGNETTE for breeches. RACING SADDLES. RACING BRIDLES. WEIGHT CLOTHS. RACING WHIPS. Cobbett’s, Duke’s, Ayre’s and Bryan’s C ricket Bats. Match Cricket Balls. Leg Guards, Stumps. Gloves, etc. CHAMPION ami
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      416 2 MEW ADVEI? I ISEMENI b WANTED IN SINGAPORE. t CHINESE LAW CLERK with a g»x»d knowledge of Chinese and able to sjs-ak Mala? Writ»-stating full particulars i of past expernnev ami j«ast salaries received and salary expected to D. *7. Post Office. Singapore. 8 AUCTION SALE OF PLANTS. rpHE undersigned
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    THE RACES.
    1493 3 Ihird day, Saturday, l(>th February. Ihe best Race Meeting that Penang has •ver had was brought to an end on Saturday, and things were so well arranged that the interest increased every day. the last race on the last day being watched with as keen an interest as
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1049 3 (L. <f- C. Express, Jan. 25.) The Court. The Queen will arrive at the Hotel Cimiez. Nice, about March 15, and, according to present arrangements, will remain until April 23. The Duke of York’s possible trip to Canada, and ]»erhaps to Australia as well, is getting
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    THE JAPANESE CONDITIONS OF PEACE.
    105 3 It is said that Japan has formulated her conditions of ]&gt;eace approximately as follows:—“ The independence of Korea under the suzerainty of Japan, the cession by China of certain islands, the razing of the Taku Forts, the deprivation of Port Arthur and Wei-hai-wei of their
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    THE IMPROVEMENT IN BRITISH TRADE.
    161 3 The Statist points out that during the past year an improvement in trade has teen going on; confidence has teen reviving; there has lieen more willingness to engage in new enterprises and especially in South African securities there has lieen much business done. The revival
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    725 3 Mr. Andrew Currie, manager of the Borneo Company (Limited), and Mr. William McKerrow, of Messrs, Win. McKerrow A: Co., of London Singapore, have join:ed the London Committee of the Straits Insurance Company. Mr. E. H. Forwood, of Messrs. Forwood Brothers), has rejoined I the committee. Mr. James Fitzpatrick,
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    193 3 (Straits Times, 16th February.) Jelebus ($5 p«l.) $4.50 sellers. Raul &gt;s 13 10 pd.) $4.30 £1 fully pai«l $54 Pun joins ($3l pd.) s6} sales. Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) s3} sales. Maynard «V Co. ($lOO pd.) $3O sellers. Pengerangs ($5O pd.) $75 few offering. Straits Insurance ($2O
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      18 3 WANTED. I SECOND CLERK for the Pinang A. Gazette” Office. One who has some knowledge of bookkeeping preferred.
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      1014 3 PASSAGE TO ENGLAND. T. A. RODRIGUES late of Misquith Co., Singapore. I Ihe Magnificent W hiteStar Steamship JS willing to accept orders for Tuning and “OCEANIC” I Rej«airing of Pianos, reed organs, har- GAO tons, now running on the China j moniums and miscellaneous musical instruI O’OVO —San Francisco Mail
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      1565 4 GOLD 'iSED*LS-CoiognB,*m&gt;tĕrdam, Brussels,The Hague, Pullin, Biraingham,it t h s njj o n HOLDS A HIGHERAWARD FOR MERIT THAN ANY OTHER NATURAL TABLE WATER /01 Tmvel/ergt Colonists, and llesidents in Tropical Climate,). Wfl fl M 7fl Awards—Gold Medal, Paris Exhibition (1889 L Gold Medal, “World’s Fair,” Chicago(lB93) Skull's Okonite Trusses for
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      393 4 jStationeri], FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE Pinang Qasette Office. BOOKS various sizes. allTr7)(Jkam.me&gt;- i;.,.. it tr i r latest designs. BASKERViLLE CABINETS, containing 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 Envelopes. Best quality paper. In g reat demand. $2.50 each. BLOTTING PAPER, white A thick
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